Letters

To the Editor: The letter in your Sept. 28, 2009, issue concerning the concealing of a witness’s face while testifying (“U.S. is strong enough to allow veils in courts”) is long on sarcasm and short on law and logic — ...

To the Editor: I have been following the next great debate on America’s ever changing political-judicial landscape. The issue: Should Muslim women be forced to remove their veils if they testify as a witness in court (“Religious oppression vs. compromised ...

To the Editor: “We the People” have been forced to accept the supposed legitimacy of lobbyists, special interest groups, and the influence they have on our lawmakers (both money for their vote and a tacit promise not to run an ...

That there was the “flip-flop [...] [of a] former decision” as you describe it in your account of the reversal in U.S. Fidelity Insurance & Guaranty Co. v. Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (on rehearing) (“Court’s Composition Flip-Flops Former Decision,” Aug. ...

Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and former colleague Sandra Day O’Connor at the Aspen Idea Institute expressed concern that the public perception of an independent judiciary has been undermined by excessive campaign contributions and influence by special interests. Justice ...

Last fall’s change in the composition of the Michigan Supreme Court has yet to reduce the level of its rhetoric. Justice Robert P. Young’s belief that Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly has an “unusual perspective of criminal law and criminality in ...

To the Editor: With respect to the article entitled, “Majority rules on ‘majority’ rule,” Michigan Lawyers Weekly, May 18, 2009. Despite the numerous Michigan Court of Appeals and Michigan Supreme Court decisions addressing the qualifications necessary for an expert to ...

To the Editor: What a magical, cynical way to nullify an election. (See “‘Appearance of impropriety?’”, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, April 20, 2009, which reports on the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association’s motion for the recusal of Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane ...

To the Editor: Judicial salaries are a continuing source of controversy and interest, with some suggesting that our federal and state judges are underpaid and this discourages folks who would otherwise be interested in those positions because the remuneration is ...

To the Editor: I am pleased with the article, “Trigger effect: Are prosecutors, other attorneys fit to carry?,” in the Feb. 16, 2009, edition of Michigan Lawyers Weekly, concerning a prospective change in the Michigan Concealed Weapons statute. As an ...